namesake Definition
name·sake (-sāk′)
noun
a person with the same name as another, esp. if named after the other
Etymology: earlier name's sake
namesake Usage Examples
Possessives
pub: Few would guess, however, that this is also the site of the former White Cross monastery of the pub's namesake.
Converse of object
- have: He had a namesake, an Archbishop of Ambrose's Milan, who died in 477.
- find: I was also interested to find an Australian cricket player namesake, born in 1895, who played 8 games for Victoria.
- meet: I took the opportunity while there to go and meet a namesake.
- publish: This Agog is the magazine published in East Kilbride not to be confused with its namesake published in London.
- create: And we had created a namesake and we had created a heck of a following.
Adjective modifier
- famous: Peter de Montfort was killed with his famous namesake - Simon de Montfort - at the Battle of Evesham.
- near: Al Carone - unlike his near namesake, Al Capone truly was a paradox wrapped in a mystery concealed behind an enigma.
- biblical: For my sake, have pity them " Take heart, Paul, your biblical namesake was a fighter too.
- illustrious: Gaudissart in the mart is at least the equal of his illustrious namesake, now become the typical commercial traveler.
- natural: From china shipping still gleaming from to their natural namesakes my sister so.
- African: Rastafarians are now campaigning vigorously for a Truth Commission, along the lines of its South African post apartheid namesake.
Modifies a noun
- island: In the two years of her life she had steamed many thousands of miles but had always been based on her namesake island.
- ship: We would like to Honor the service of our namesake ship.
Noun used with modifier
Quaker: The Far Corner is center stage A marriage made in Hampden Meet the plain Bobby Robson Claims to fame as Quakers namesakes.. .
Browse dictionary entries near namesake
- ‹ nameplate
- ‹ Namen
- ‹ namely
- ‹ nameless
- ‹ named insured
- ‹ named
- ‹ Name Server
- ‹ name of the game
- ‹ name-dropping
- ‹ name-dropper

